Last month, a newborn giraffe without spots was born. She is the only known reticulated giraffe in the world with a single solid hue, according to Brights Zoo, where the animal was born.  An inquiry from The Today Show seeking confirmation of this claim was not quickly answered by the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that focuses on the preservation and care of giraffes in the wild. Brights Zoo is a privately owned, USDA-licensed facility recognized by the Zoological Association of America (ZAA). It is situated in Washington County, Tennessee. The 31st of July saw the birth of a solid brown giraffe that the zoo claims is now 6 feet tall.

A press statement sent by email to Today states that “giraffe experts believe she is the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe living anywhere on the planet.” The public is being enlisted to help the zoo think of a name for the young giraffe on the zoo’s Facebook page. According to the zoo, it has so far whittled down the list of potential names to Kipekee, the Swahili term for special; Firyali, which means outstanding or unusual; Shakiri, which means “she is most beautiful;” and Jamella, which means “one of great beauty.”

The press release stated, “This exceptional giraffe’s birth is remarkable for many reasons, but perhaps most importantly, it will help draw attention to the significant difficulties the rest of her kind encounter in the wild.” “The worldwide attention given to our patternless young giraffe has brought much-needed attention to the need for giraffe conservation.” “Wild populations are silently vanishing, with 40% of the wild giraffe population lost in just the last three decades,” explained Tony Bright, founder of Bright Zoo.

An immaculate giraffe is depicted in 1967 footage from the WPA Film Library, which was shot at a zoo in Tokyo, Japan. The coat of a giraffe serves as camouflage in the wild, claims a 2018 study that was disseminated in the peer-reviewed journal Zoological Science.

Masai giraffes are a subspecies of wild giraffes that are indigenous to East Africa, and the researchers who wrote this paper examined their intricate coat pattern qualities. According to their research, the giraffes’ spots are “likely to be heritable” or passable from parent to child. Giraffes with larger spots and those with “irregularly shaped or rounder spots” may have a better chance of surviving in the wild. However, a giraffe’s speckled coat design offers more than simply cover.

Each spot or patch, according to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, has a network of blood veins beneath it that serves as a thermal window and permits the transfer of body heat. In 2017, approximately 1.2 million people watched a giraffe named April the Giraffe give birth live on the internet. After her zoo residence in Harpursville, New York, set up a video stream of the reticulated giraffe in her late pregnancy, the animal attracted worldwide interest. She was 20 years old when she underwent euthanasia due to growing arthritis.